How Women Win Our Way – with CHAMP10N Guest Carol Hutchins, University of Michigan Head Softball Coach and Winningest Head Softball Coach in NCAA Softball History
JOIN US On the Journey to Discover How Women Win Our Way…
Check out this week’s 10 talks podcast episode to hear HOW WOMEN WIN with our next guest, University of Michigan Head Softball Coach, Carol Hutchins.
WINNING STRATEGIES
1. How Do You Win Every Year? It is never given or guaranteed that you will have a successful season or be a champion. Do not take a single day for granted. It is important to teach your athletes to be consistent in your own self and your emotions as you go along with wins and losses. Stay in the moment; take what you learn from failure and move on. Ups and downs are a part of the game, and finding something you can take away from the downs and keep focusing on the ups will propel you towards success using things under your control.
2. Be your authentic self as a coach. You can only coach so much without integrating your own personality within your philosophy. We may have a role model we look up to and try to mimic our own coaching styles to theirs, but eventually we will mold that into our own unique style that we feel most comfortable and effective with. Hold your athletes to a standard you set within your program along with the ability to be personable; most of these athletes are young people, and especially having female athletes, connection is usually an important component to a coach-athlete relationship.
3. What works for your athletes individually and collectively, and how can you create the best environment for them? Practice should be at a higher level of difficulty than the actual game. Putting players in adverse situations will help prepare them for the highest level of competition that exists. Sometimes this can be challenging for players because it pushes them outside of their comfort zone. With this comes a lot of education and growth, as well as empathy once and if athletes hit their breaking point. At the end of the day, we are all human, and being aware of that as a coaching staff as a whole will help players be healthy both physically and mentally.
Stay tuned next week to hear how Kathy and Carlette are Teaming Up to Discover, Design, and Do – "Winning Our Way". Want to G.I.V.E.H.O.P.E. to other women by sharing how you win?
Learn More Here:
www.howwomenwin.com
Listen here:
https://www.spreaker.com/user/11508330/10-22-ch-10-talks
Watch the full episode:
https://youtu.be/XKMgqpzV8AQ
